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A small Australian wine sub-region within the Great Southern, near the southern coastline of Western Australia. It was named after the small town at its centre and is home to a number of small, family-owned wineries here. The area is generally held to be the birthplace of Western Australia’s modern wine industry in the 1960s.

The climate is Mediterranean, but it is highly impacted by the cool antarctic breezes that blow in from the Southern Ocean. As a result, the region is well-known for producing high quality Riesling, Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. Like most of Australia, though, Shiraz and Cabernet still dominate plantings. Shiraz grown here often has a distinctly earthy, peppery, spiced cherry element, reminiscent of the northern Rhone and quite different from the typical Aussie Shiraz profile.